But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: